TY - BOOK AU - Badry,Fatima AU - Willoughby,John TI - Higher education revolutions in the Gulf: globalization and institutional viability T2 - Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies AV - LA1431.4 .B34 2016 U1 - 378.536 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Gulf Cooperation Council KW - Education, Higher KW - Persian Gulf Region KW - Educational change KW - Education and globalization KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the political and socio-economic emergence of the Arabian Gulf -- The global expansion of higher education : alternative perspectives -- Globalization of education and the GCC -- The multi-model approach to privatization : questions of sustainability -- GCC public universities : growing pains -- Assessing quality : adopting western standards of accreditation -- Reforming higher education in Saudi Arabia : reasons for optimism -- Arabic in higher education : questions of national identity and pragmatism -- Higher education revolutions : short term success vs long term viability UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/daystar-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4185718 ER -